recidivism

English

Etymology

From French récidivisme, from Latin recidīvus (“returning, recurring”). Compare recidivous, -ism.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

recidivism (countable and uncountable, plural recidivisms)

1. Committing new offenses after a crime committed in the past.

   The increase in criminal activity was attributed to recidivism.

2. (psychology, psychiatry) Chronic repetition of criminal or other antisocial behavior.
3. (by extension) Returning to a negative behavior after having stopped it for a period of time.

   alcohol(ic) recidivism

Related terms

• recidivist (“repeat offender”)
• English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱh₂d-‎ (0 c, 31 e)

Translations

committing new offenses after being punished for a crime

• Arabic: عَوْد (ar) m (ʕawd)
• Catalan: recidiva (ca) f, reincidència f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 累犯 (zh) (lěifàn)

• French: récidive (fr) f
• Georgian: რეციდივიზმი (recidivizmi)
• German: Rückfall (de) m
• Italian: recidiva (it) f, recidività f
• Japanese: 再犯 (ja) (さいはん, saihan)
• Korean: 재범 (ko) (jaebeom)
• Macedonian: рециди́в m (recidív), рецидиви́зам m (recidivízam)
• Manx: aahuittym m
• Polish: recydywa (pl) f
• Portuguese: reincidência (pt) f
• Spanish: reincidencia (es) f

See also

• three strikes and you're out
• three-strikes law
• zero tolerance

 

References

• “recidivism”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Synonyms, antonyms, and example usage at recidivism.com/definition/